Reading List

The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.

The ongoing defence of frontend as a full-time job

I am currently looking for a new job. One thing that keeps happening is that people get my CV, are impressed but then ask me that I seem to be focused on the front end a lot and what my experiences with backend and full stack development are. It seems to me that we’ve come […]

Here is where developers perish…

And that’s a wrap. I recorded my last video in the German LinkedIn Learning video course on “Browser developer tools for non-developers”. My favourite stumbling block over the course of the last few days was me starting a sentence with “Und hier verwenden Entwickler:innen…” (“…and here is where developers use…”) and making a pig’s ear […]

Crown dwarf witness – Recording a new course for LinkedIn Learning in Graz

I am currently in Graz, Austria to record a video series of “Developer tools for non-developers” for LinkedIn Learning. We had a massive ride by car down here from Berlin as my partner isn’t too hot on flying. The city is ridiculously pretty and we arrived on first of May which is the day of […]

Microsoft Edge now allows you to simulate dark, light, high contrast mode, blurred vision and colour deficiencies right from the Device Emulation toolbar

I was incredibly excited to see that from Microsoft Edge 111 onwards you can now emulate different viewing modes and vision deficiencies right from the device emulation toolbar. This has been one of my pet projects that I really wanted to see come to live ever since I created the Skillshare Course on Accessibility testing […]

Interview questions: Outline your thoughts on open source software development, why is it something a company should do?

Background: I’ve been asked in a few applications for new roles to do written interviews. I thought it might be worth while to release some of my answers as posts as it was fun to reflect a bit on these things. I’ve been a big supporter of open source from the get-go and worked at […]